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Today on news 7, Timothy Buford admits in court he gunned down a teenager in a Roanoke nightclub last year.
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Also an apparent murder suicide leaves two people dead in Danville.
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Lots of electricity in these afternoon storms. The heavy downpours continue in central Virginia. Details ahead.
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Today on health check, we'll meet a family that is allergic to almost all forms of food.
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also we'll see the latest family members to join Roanoke's Mill Mountain Zoo.
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((JUDGE:TO THIS CHARGE SIR, WHAT DO YOU PLEAD? BUFORD:GUILTY.))
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[OUT Q=guilty.]
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A 23-year-old Roanoke man pleds guilty to murder.
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Timothy Buford was set to stand trial for fatally shooting teen-age rival Prentise Jordan on the dance floor of a Roanoke Night Club last August. Instead today, he admitted his guilt.
[Double Boxes=Jean/Jennifer Newsroom]
Jennifer Miele is in the Newsroom. Jen, was this a plea agreement arranged with the prosecution?
[Live=Jennifer Full]
[SUPER=@jennifer1]
There was a deal Jean. Buford pleaded guilty to murder and illegal possession of a fire arm while attempting to commit murder. In return, the prosecution dropped two other firearm charges to avoid going to trial.
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[OUT Q=murder as well.]
(The court accepted Buford's guilty plea and sentenced him to life in prison with 23 years to serve and 15 years on probation. Both the prosecution and the defense were satisfied with the plea.
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[IN Q= There was substantial]
((THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELY HOOD THAT THE JURY COULD COME BACK WITH A MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION, WHICH ONLY CARRIES A MAXIMUM OF TEN YEARS. WITH A 23 YEAR CONVICTION, IT'S FIRST DEGREE MURDER, USE OF A FIREARM DURING THAT MURDER, WE'LL REMOVE MR. BUFORD FROM THE STREET FOR AT LEAST THAT 23 YEAR PERIOD.))
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[OUT= 23 year period.]
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((A LOT OF THE WITNESSES THAT WE SPOKE WITH THAT WOULD SUPPORT MR. BUFORD REFUSED TO COME FORWARD AND THE FACT THAT MR. JORDAN WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT MR. BUFORD HAS A PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD, BASED ON ALL THAT, WE FELT THAT THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS IN HIS BEST INTEREST TO TAKE.))
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Buford claimed to be mentally unfit to stand trial, but was cleared by the Liberty Forensic Unit before he entered his plea. The codefendant in the case, 16-year-old Tremaine Richardson pleaded guilty to first degree murder as well. )
[Live=Jennifer Full]
This shooting is suspected to be gang-related by, of all people, the defense. Jean, the prosecution says this incident WAS personal but was not gang-related, we'll have more on that aspect tonight at Six.
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It was a domestic dispute that turned deadly in the middle of a Danville Street.
Officers say a man abducted his girlfriend at gun point and fatally shot her before killing himself.
It happened around 7:30 this morning right at the time a bus driver was going to pick up students on that street. No children were on the bus at the time but some students saw the initial dispute.
Surae Chinn is in our Danville Newsroom.
[Double Boxes=Jean and Surae/Microwave]
Jean, I talked with family members--they are too shocked and saddened by the murder-suicide to appear on camera.
They do say the two had been estranged for some time.
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[SUPER=01-Leon Whitlock/Mays' Neighbor; :22]
[SUPER=01-Maj. B.C. Elliott/Danville Police Dept.;:48 second appear.]
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Two lives ended at this intersection of Parker Road and Piney Forest. Danville authorities say 35 year old Dennis Tanner abducted his estranged girlfriend 34 year old Lisa Mays and shot her.
Mays' neigbhor saw the initial dispute at the mobile home park before it was taken onto the streets.
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((LEON WHITLOCK/VICTIM'S NEIGHBOR: MY ROOMMATE ONCE SAID HE HAD A GUN AND I LOOKED AGAIN AND HE DID HAVE A GUN AND HAD HIS ARM AROUND HER NECK PULLING HER OUT THE DOOR.))
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Authorities say Tanner then forced her in the car.
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((MAJOR B.C. ELLIOTT/DANVILLE POLICE: SHE WAS DRIVING AND SCREAMING HELP IN THE CAR.))
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Police officers had received emergency calls to the scene and were following the car when they heard shots fired.
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((MAJOR B.C. ELLIOTT/DANVILLE POLICE; BY THE TIME THEY --THERE JUST WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO....TURNED THE GUN ON HER AND HIMSELF. NO TIME TO REACT.))
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Officials at Taylor Magnet school reacted by bringing people to talk to some of the students. Some children who attend the school witnessed the initial dispute at the Mobile home park.
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((RANDY KELLEY/ASST. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS: WE ARRANGED FOR COUNSELORS..NO KIDS WITNESSED THE ACTUAL CRIME TO MY KNOWLEDGE.))
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Counselors will be on hand tomorrow. Also the family says the two victim's had 3 children who attended Taylor Magnet School.
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Intermet got the go-ahead today from state environmental officials to start rebuilding New River Castings.
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The Department of Environmental Quality issued a new air permit for the plant that calls for stricter controls on air pollution.
The plant was destroyed in the March 5th gas explosion that killed three people.
Long before that, neighbors complained about its dust pollution.
The new air permit creates tougher standards at New River Castings AND the New River Foundry ... both owned by Intermet.
The company will have to report to the D-E-Q every six months to show compliance.
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Mill Mountain Zoo is celebrating a blessed event... the birth of two snow leopard cubs.
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The female cubs were born Tuesday morning at the zoo.
Examined this afternoon by veterinarian Bill Poage... the cubs will require some close attention and tender loving care for the next few weeks.
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((IT'S A GREAT EXCITING THING. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE SNOW LEOPARDS BREED AND HAVE THE OFFSPRING, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE AHEAD OF US.))
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[OUT Q=a challenge ahead of us.]
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Zoo staff members monitored the cubs for 24 hours with video equipment provided by WDBJ-7 before they decided to remove the pair from their mother.
One of the cubs also required splints to correct problems with three of her legs.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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If all goes well, Mill Mountain officials say the cubs could make their public debut in a few weeks.
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Still to come on the newscast, the nation's largest Protestant denomination takes a stand that could prove unpopular with some of its ministers,
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And federal authorities accuse more than one hundred people of participating in an organized crime scheme to commit fraud on Wall Street.
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The Mob and Wall Street-
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Federal Authorities say the two are linked and today they charged 120 people including members of all five organized crime families in New York.
U-S Attorney Mary Jo White says the suspects took part in a massive stock fraud scheme.
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((MARY JO WHITE/U.S. ATTORNEY: THE ENTERPRISES METHODS INCLUDE CONTROLLING CREWS OF CORRUPT BROKERS, SOMETIMES ENTIRE BRACHES OF BROCKERAGE FIRMS, BRIBING OTHER BROKERS TO SELL AND FRAUDUALANTLY INFLATING THE PRICE OF STOCKS.))
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((AS IN OTHER FORMS OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE VICTIMS WERE SENIOR CITIZENS.))
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White says the indictments are the result of a five year probe- she says was the biggest securities fraud crackdown in history.
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The nation's largest protestant demonination is recommending that women no longer serve as pastors in their church.
Jennifer Jones has details from this year's Sotuhern Baptist Convention.
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((
Julie Pennington-Russell is a Southern Baptist Pastor.
And shes at the center of a growing controversy for the one of the nations largest dominations.
With a simple show of hands, the Southern Baptist Convention approved a
statement saying women should not serve as pastors.
Dr. Adrian Rogers, Faith and Message Committee:
While men and women are gifted ... the office of pastor is limited to
men by Scripture.
The Faith and Message statement does not address whether women should be
ordained; it only addresses their role as leading congregations.
And while the order is not binding, it is sure to cause controversy.
Right now 100 of the 16-hundred women clergy are leading congregations.
The the male-only clause could cause local chapters to break away.
Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell, Southern Baptist Pastor:
This years Convention took place in Orlando, Florida. In the shadow of one of the Churchs biggest targets, the Walt Disney
Company.
The media giant has been a subject of a boycott for its same-sex
domestic partner policies.
AND this week with gay and lesbian protestors marching outside, the
Baptists approved stronger language condemning homosexuality and
abortion.
Jennifer Jones CBS News Charlotte.))
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Plans to bring downtown Lynchburg back to life are finally making the jump from the drawing board to reality.
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City leaders held a forum today on downtown revitalization.
They heard updates on a variety of projects including the new children's museum and the renovation of the Academy of Music theater.
Lynchburg also hopes to tie its tourism efforts to the Jamestown celebration in 2007.
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((BRIAN KNOPP/LYNCHBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN VIRGINIA TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE LONG RUN, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A DEADLINE AND SAY THAT WE WANT TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE BEFORE 2007 TO GET READY FOR VISITORS.))
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[OUT Q=ready for visitors.]
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Lynchburg also will be celebrating its 250th birthday in the year 2007.
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Coming next on our broadcast, Patrick Evans will join us a day early for Growin It as he introduces us to some people who have their love in blooms.
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Growin' It comes to us a day early, because the 58th Annual Lily Show is underway, and Patrick Evans wanted to get the scoop on these beautiful flowers.
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Coming up today in Sports, golfers on the P-G-A tour make a fitting tribute to Payne Stewart. Steve Mason will join us with that.
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But first on Health Check, we'll meet a Spotslyvania family with eating problems. These family members are allergic to almost all forms of food.
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Imagine not being abe to eat solid food for fear it will make you sick.
It's a daily reality for a Spotsylvania family. Stephanie Harlow and four of her children are allergic to protein.
Lee Cowan has more on the challenges they face.
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[SUPER=07-Kenneth Harlow; :56]
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((
(NAT/SOT STEPHANIE TALKING TO KOREY AS HE RUNS PAST TAPE 2//16:17:58)
"Nice to see ya!"
(NARR:)
For the the Harlow family...Life is anything but boring....five
kids, five schedules --
(NAT/SOT STEPHANIE OPENING REFRIGERATOR WITH KILLIAN TAPE 1//15:35:24)
"I'll give it to you, but you have to stay in the kitchen."
(NARR:)
And five appettites. But when it comes to meals around here,
it's....
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"A whole different ballgame."
(NARR:)
Stephanie Harlow -- and FOUR of her five sons-- CAN'T EAT. Nearly
all food makes them violently ill.
(SOT/STEPHANIE HARLOW, MOTHER TAPE 1//15?18:29)
"It feels like someone just cracked a bone in half in your chest. It's
extremely painful."
(NARR:)
Their bodies are allergic to proteins -- a rare and potentially
fatal disease.
(NAT/SOT STEPHANIE ABOUT TO FEED KOREY, TAPE 2//16:15:15)
"Are you hungry"
(NARR:)
So for the Harlows, eating involves pouring -- A specially made
formula into a surgically implanted tube.
(NAT/SOT KENNETH POURING FORMULA INTO TUBE TAPE 1//15?32?04)
"It goes right into the stomach area."
(NARR:)
The disease is cruel -- taking away the body's ability to eat, but
not the desire. For Kenneth -- even being around food it too much to
bear.
(SOT/KENNETH HARLOW, TAPE 2//17:26:07)
"For me there's been a lot of tempting situations where I've like had
the urge, and I wanted it, and it's just it's kinda like torture."
(NARR:)
So at school, he spends lunch at the nurse's office -- eating the
only way he can.
(SOT/LEE AND STEPHANIE TAPE 1//15:25:49)
"This is a completely different way of living. Stephanie: It is, it is a
completely different way of life, but my response to that, and we get
that a lot is it was harder before, it was harder before//15:26:07 NOT
knowing what was wrong with us, and having them all sick at the same
time, THAT is a monumental challenge."
(NARR:)
Although little research is being done on the disease, and their
medical bills are topping one million dollars a year -- they have hope.
And for the Harlows, that may be the best nourishment of all. Lee
Cowan, CBS News, Spotsylvania Virginia.))
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Good afternoon everyone, our 120 seconds of sports starts on the golf course.
[GRAPHIC=golf]
The U.S. Open begins tomorrow at Pebble Beach.
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But today, some of the PGA's best took time out to honor Payne Stewart.
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[SUPER=03-Pebble Beach, CA; :00]
A 21 tee salute was fired off the 18th fairway into Carmel Cove this morning in a tribute to Stewart, the 1999 U.S. Open Champion who was killed in a plane crash last October.
Twenty prominent players took part in the ceremony. Payne's trusted friend Paul Azinger also gave a stirring tribute to Stewart, as did Payne's wife Tracey.
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The Roanoke Steam is preparing for the stretch run in its inaugural Arena2 football season.
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Roanoke has won two of its last three games. However, a 2 and 7 record will hardly get the Steam into the post season.
Roanoke is counting on the league to expand the playoff format and the Steam is preparing for a strong finish just it case it happens.
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[IN Q="We won...]
((WILL BURCH/STEAM QUARTERBACK: WE WON THE LAST 2 OUT OF 3 AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A BUNCH OF WINS IN A ROW HERE. YOU KNOW TRY TO GET A WINNING STREAK HERE. EVERYONE'S CONFIDENT RIGHT NOW OFFENSE FEELS GOOD THE DEFENSE REALLY PICKED US UP AND SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYED REAL GOOD LAST WEEK. OFFENSE KIND OF DIDN'T PLAY AS WELL AS IT SHOULD HAVE BUT I THINK EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WIN THIS WEEK.))
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The Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for game four of the N-B-A finals.
Kobe Bryant, who missed game three with a sprained ankle, is expected to return to the lineup tonight.
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[SUPER=03-Indianapolis, IN; :]
The Pacers are not really concerned with Kobe's return to the lineup. They are focused on repeating the performance that earned them the win two nights ago.
A win in game four would even the series at 2 games each.
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[IN Q="We were...]
((JALEN ROSE/PACERS GUARD: WE WERE AGGRESSIVE AND COCKY THE FIRST 2 GAMES IT JUST WE LOST BOTH OF THEM AND IT DIDN'T MATTER. I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU WIN GAMES YOU SEND A MESSAGE. PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO YOU TIL YOU BEAT EM. THEN THEY REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO STOP YOU AND THEN THEY REALLY WATCH AND GAUGE EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID AND DONE FROM THAT POINT ON. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL GAINING RESPECT AND I FEEL LIKE AFTER WE TIE THIS SERIES UP THINGS ARE GOING TO GET REAL INTERESTING.))
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[OUT Q=.....REAL INTERESTING."]
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Tip off tonight in Indianapolis is 9 o'clock. That's it for five, stay right here, more news 7 at five to come, have a great day everybody.
[5-New-Building]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=tte]
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Crews are knocking down Roanoke's old Best building --
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
paving the way for a state of the art W-D-B-J studio.
The project will cost eight million dollars and is designed for the digital age.
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[IN Q=In the new digital]
((IN THE NEW DIGITAL WORLD. .. AT THE SAME TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Bob Lee/WDBJ General Manager;]
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[OUT Q=at the same time]
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The new building should be ready in about a year and a half.
But some people are already snatching a front row seat.
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The station also plans to demolish the nearby vet clinic on Hershberger Road to build a park.
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